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Costanza Odierna
Alessia Prioletta
First published

2014-11-20
DOI

10.82194/dasi-epi-7650

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RES 4775
Walter W. Müller
Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: pl. 51/d

François Bron
Bron 1983: pl. 11/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

Language

Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic

Script

Ancient South Arabian

Script typology

Monumental writing

Text direction

Right-to-left

Text appearance

Recessed

Execution technique

Incision

Measure of letters

8 (l. 2)

Chronology

Period

Textual typology

Construction text

Royal inscription

Yes

GENERAL NOTES

The stone is now damaged and many portions of the text are lost compared to RES edition.

TEXT

marker

Apparatus

3	[S¹bʾ b-hw ṯ]br[n] (Beeston 1988).
4	For the reading of the god name Wll see the inscription al-Quṣayr 1.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏmrʿly Yhbr, son of Ys¹rm Yhṣdq, and his son Ṯʾrn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, constructed,
   2  founded, repaired, restored and completed their basin ḏ-ʾmr in the flood-plain of ʾbyn, the basin (by which) the tribe of Sabaʾ
   3  sought for protection against the destruction that destroyed and demolished this basin ḏ-ʾmr (and ?) the valley before that day. By ʿṯtr,
   4  ʾlmqh, Wll, S¹mydʿ and by the solar deities and the tutelary deities of the kings of Sabaʾ and of the banū ḏu-Raydān and by the power of their vassals, Sabaʾ and ḏ-ʾḏhbn.

2	Following Stein 2003 a: 158, fn. 24.
2-3	"die Sperrmauer, die zu schützen hat den Stamm [S¹bʾ vor dem Br]uch, durch den diese Sperrmauer ḏ-ʾmr gebrochen wurde und hatte (dann) versiegen lassen den Regenstrom vor diesen Tag" (Höfner 1938).
2-3	"(vor der Zerstörung) welche zerstört und eingerissen hatte jenes (d. h. das erwähnte) Staubecken Ḏū-Amīr des Oasengebietes vor diesem Tag" (Müller 1982).
2-3	"the basin whereby the tribe Saba may gain protection against the damage (that) flood-water had previously caused by bursting that basin ḏ-ʾmr" (Beeston).

Höfner 1938: 15-16	Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37.
Beeston 1988: 21-22	Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1988. Miscellaneous Epigraphic Notes II. Raydān, 5: 5-31.
Stein 2003 a: 158, fn 24	Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support type	Architectural structure » Sluice
Material	Stone
Dimensions	h. 36, w. 174
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance

Modern site	Maʾrib
Ancient site	Mryb / Mrb
Geographical area	Maʾrib
Country	Yemen
Found	In situ
Archaeological context	Agricultural irrigation context: Dam or retaining structure
Notes	On the east-northeast side of the wall connecting the building with the mountain wall.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1938: 15-16	Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37.
Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: 131, pl. 51/d	Müller, Walter W. 1982. Bemerkungen zu einigen von der Yemen-Expedition 1977 des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts aufgenommenen Inschriften aus dem Raum Mārib und Barāqiš. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 129-134.
Bron 1983: 140, pl. 11/a	Bron, François 1983. Inscriptions de la digue de Mârib. Aula Orientalis, 1: 137-153.
Beeston 1988: 21-22	Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1988. Miscellaneous Epigraphic Notes II. Raydān, 5: 5-31.

CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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First published

DOI

RES 4775+4776 RES 3441; Gl 551+1005